Death Penalty Information Center
Search Close Menu
  • Issues
    • Issues
    • Biases & Vulnerabilities
      • Intellectual Disability
      • Mental Illness
      • Race
      • LGBTQ+ People
      • Youth
    • Policy
      • Arbitrariness How non-legal factors affect use of the death penalty
      • Clemency Death sentence reductions and pardons by state and federal executives
      • Costs The death penalty’s monetary cost to taxpayers
      • Deterrence Whether the death penalty deters future violent crime
      • Human Rights How international human rights law and treaties view the death penalty
      • Innocence People wrongfully sentenced to death
      • International How the death penalty is used in countries outside the U.S.
      • Legal Representation How the quality of defense counsel affects death penalty outcomes
      • Public Opinion What the public says about the death penalty
      • Sentencing Alternatives Sentencing options for death-eligible crimes
      • US Supreme Court Supreme Court death penalty cases
  • Research
    • Research
    • Background
      • Crimes Punishable by Death
      • Fact Sheet
      • History of the Death Penalty
    • Data
      • Death Penalty Census
      • Innocence Database
      • Legislative Activity
      • Sentencing Data
    • Analysis
      • DPI Reports
    • DPI Reports Jul 01, 2024 Lethal Election: How the U.S. Electoral Process Increases the Arbitrariness of the Death Penalty
  • Death Row & Executions
    • Death Row
      • Death Row Overview
      • Conditions on Death Row
      • Time on Death Row
      • Foreign Nationals
      • Native Americans
      • Women
    • Executions
      • Executions Overview
      • Upcoming Executions
      • Execution Database
      • Methods of Execution
      • Botched Executions
      • Lethal Injection
  • State & Federal Info
    • State & Federal Info
    • State by State
    • Federal Death Penalty
    • Military

    • Explore by State

      • Death Penalty
      • Pause on Executions
      • No Death Penalty
      AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY DC
  • Resources
    • Resources
    • Links
      • College Curriculum Case narratives and resources to guide college discussions
      • DPI Podcasts DPI’s monthly podcast series where we speak with death penalty experts.
      • High School Curriculum Materials designed for high school educators and students
      • Publications & Testimony How DPI and others speak about the death penalty
      • Related Websites Links to governmental, advocacy, and legal organizations
      • Student Research Center Resources for students researching the death penalty
      • Teacher's Guide Two-week lesson plans for middle and high school classes
      • En Español Información sobre la pena de muerte en español
    • DPI Resource Fact Sheet PDF handout with facts about the Death Penalty.
  • About DPI
  • Media Contact
  • Donate

Entries tagged with “Broward County, FL”

Policy Issues

Arbitrariness

,

May 04, 2022

Jury Selection Chaos and Confusion Causes Further Delays in Parkland Shooting Capital Sentencing Trial

The cap­i­tal sen­tenc­ing tri­al of Nikolas Cruz in the 2018 mass shoot­ing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (pic­tured) in Parkland, Florida has been delayed once again as jury selec­tion in the high-pro­file case devolved into chaos and…

Death Penalty Information Center
  • Issues
    • Overview
    • Biases & Vulnerabilities
      • Intellectual Disability
      • Mental Illness
      • Race
      • LGBTQ+ People
      • Youth
    • Policy
      • Arbitrariness
      • Clemency
      • Costs
      • Deterrence
      • Human Rights
      • Innocence
      • International
      • Legal Representation
      • Public Opinion
      • Sentencing Alternatives
      • US Supreme Court
  • Research
    • Overview
    • Background
      • Crimes Punishable by Death
      • Fact Sheet
      • History of the Death Penalty
    • Data
      • Death Penalty Census
      • Innocence Database
      • Legislative Activity
      • Sentencing Data
    • Analysis
      • DPI Reports
  • Death Row & Executions
    • Death Row
      • Overview
      • Conditions on Death Row
      • Time on Death Row
      • Foreign Nationals
      • Native Americans
      • Women
    • Executions
      • Overview
      • Upcoming Executions
      • Execution Database
      • Methods of Execution
      • Botched Executions
      • Lethal Injection
  • State & Federal Info
    • Overview
    • State by State
    • Federal Death Penalty
    • Military
  • About
    • About Us
    • Staff & Board of Directors
    • Press Releases
    • Work for DPI
  • Resources
    • Overview
    • Links
      • College Curriculum
      • DPI Podcasts
      • High School Curriculum
      • Publications & Testimony
      • Related Websites
      • Student Research Center
      • Teacher's Guide
      • En Español
Subscribe to our Newsletter
Close
Subscribe to our Newsletter

Weekly updated from DPI

Get our full length featured story in your inbox weekly.

  • X
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
Donate
Death Penalty Information Center | 1701 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20006
Privacy Policy | ©2024 Death Penalty Information Center